Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for nine years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
Just taking my belated lunch break from the polling station. Steady stream of voting up to lunchtime indicates our turnout will not be significantly down, although rain this evening could impact on that.
One moment of light relief came when I engaged the Tory candidate in light banter for ten minutes or so when he and his driver popped their heads round the door to introduce him to the polling clerks. I heard his shout of exasperation as he left the school.... to find a parking ticket had been stuck on the windscreen of the car driving him around for leaving his car on a double yellow.
May 1, 2008 7:28 PM | permalink
I thought he looked a bit narked off when I saw him in St Marys earlier!